An Autobiography The Aztec Sun God / Horace Silver ________________________ Tonight, on the porch over a few glasses of Pinot, we discussed the idea for a story told by a tree rather than a person. After all, stories told by people are getting to be pretty boring and repetive for me. I don’t know how […]
Impressions / McCoy Tyner ___________________________ John Fraim Every once in a while a social trend book pokes its sales head above the others and becomes a topic of popular discussion. One of these books was called Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert Putnam. Published in 2001 at the beginning of […]
A POWERFUL SCREENPLAY OFFERS A UNIQUE READING EXPERIENCE Jack Gillis (William Holden) at Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) Mansion That Old Black Magic _____________________________ Sunset Boulevard is the setting for one of the great films of all time. The supposed setting of the great film Sunset Boulevard is in this exclusive part of Sunset – like […]
It was a warm night and the DOGE team was on the porch of the Victorian (Image generated by AI) Essence of the Sun ___________________________________ New Speculative Fiction John Fraim I was drafted rather quickly out of school in Cambridge and went to work for DOGE in DC under Elon. I had worked with the […]
BUT MY EYES STILL SEE (Old adage / Name of a 1967 hit song by The Tremeloes) John Fraim In the late 70s, I became close friends with the minister of our church when he Baptized my first son. He was a graduate of the Princeton Theological Seminary and was going through a divorce. We […]
Mt. Rainier / A.T. Ripley Miles Davis / In A Silent Way _________________________ “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” John Muir “While hiking in the snow on a cloudy day at MT. Rainier National Park, the clouds suddenly parted and there it was, THE MOUNTAIN! I knew it was […]
BLUE MOON Ahmad Jamal: Blue Moon – Review February 2, 2012 Jazz Village / John Fordham “Pianist Ahmad Jamal (a man even Miles Davis credited as a big influence) is now 81 – and he remains a genius at the art of motivic improvising, repeating a catchy theme (so listeners don’t lose the plot) while transforming it […]
AN OBSERVATION Fly With The Wind / McCoy Tyner ____________________________________ John Fraim One of the key things I’ve learned is that there exists a delicate balance in the U.S. Constitution between federal and states rights. The two positions were argued mainly by Hamilton for federal rights and Jefferson for states rights. During the history of […]
By John Fraim Bob Saunders: (dying) “I want you to help make this part of the country a fit place for people to live.” Hopalong Cassidy: (solemnly) “I’ll do my best Bob.” Hopalong Cassidy Returns (1936) Red Clay / Freddie Hubbard _______________________________________ In 1906, a twenty-three-year old Brooklyn City Hall clerk named Clarence Mulford wrote a […]
Elliot Rodger The End / Doors The first thing a reader of the novel Incel sees is the below front page warning: This novel contains numerous depictions of suicide and suicidal thinking. If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-harm, please consult resources list at the end of this book. It is […]
